Basic numbers

Japanese: 基本数 - きほんすう
Basic numbers

…This type of polyploid relationship in chromosome numbers is called polyploidy. The number of chromosomes in the gametes of a species with the fewest number of chromosomes in this polyploid series is called the basic number and is represented by x . In wheat and its closely related genera, x = 7, and the chromosome numbers of the three wheat series are 2 x , 4 x , and 6 x , respectively. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "base numbers" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…染色体数にみられるこのような倍数関係を倍数性という。この倍数系列のうち,もっとも染色体数の少ない種の配偶子の染色体数を基本数basic numberとよび,xで表す。コムギとその近縁種属ではx=7であり,3系のコムギの染色体数はそれぞれ2x,4x,6xで示される。…

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